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  • image SM Adam volume 41/61

Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/61

Purpose

[31] Design for a fountain, 1779, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Perspective view of a fountain, with a central niche containing circular steps, surmounted by a basin, with a lion mask forming a waterspout above. This is flanked by sloped walls, which terminate in corner plinths supporting urns. Behind this, there is a truncated mound supporting a circular fountain basin, with a central water feature in the form of a swan. This is encircled by a path and miniature pillars, linked by a chain

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(in the hand of William Adam) Fountain for Mistley Thorn / Right Honble Rich Rigby

Signed and dated

  • August 1779
    Adelphi / 14.t August 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (475 x 303)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 344
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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